Pipers led mourners from the Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan after the serviceJOHN TAGGART

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Joan Rivers enjoyed a 50-year career having carved out a niche as a stand-up comic in the male-dominated world of 1960s clubsJason Szenes/EPA

Rhys BlakelyLos Angeles

Published at 12:01AM, September 8 2014

The comedian Joan Rivers once said that she wanted her funeral to be
“Hollywood all the way … I don’t want some rabbi rambling on; I want Meryl
Streep crying, in five different accents.”

Ultimately, Streep didn’t make it -- but it seems likely that Rivers, who died
on Thursday at the age of 81, would still have been satisfied by a sending
off that was steeped in showbiz razzmatazz.

A funeral for the trailblazing comedian was held yesterday at the Temple
Emanu-El in Manhattan. The celebrities in attendance included Sarah Jessica
Parker, Matthew Broderick, Whoopi Goldberg and Barbara Walters.